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Like or Unlike? Social Media Now and Beyond                                                                  Photo Courtesy: Yahoo The last fifteen years internet and later social media becomes too influential to the people’s lives. It became a significant tool for communication, information, entertainment, business and education. It became a part of the people’s daily life because of its interactivity, multimedia and multi tasking capacity compared to other traditional medium such as television and types of print media.  In social media one can interact with people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and...

ILOCOS SUR – The San Nicolas De Tolentino Parish in the town of Sinait in this province is a favorite pilgrim site among locals and devotees. It enshrines the miraculous 400-year-old image of Sto. Cristo Milagroso or Apo Lakay.     The miraculous image traces its origin to an event in 1620, when some fishermen in boundary of Sinait, Ilocos Sur and Badoc, Ilocos Norte found a large wooden crate floating. They hauled it ashore and when they opened the crate, they saw the life-sized image of the crucified Christ with dark features made of hard wood. The cross stands 254 centimeters high. Along with this image is a smaller image of Our Lady holding the infant Jesus. The said image is now in Badoc, Ilocos Norte as according to the story this is the one the people of Badoc were able to carry, while the image of Sto Cristo was carried easily by the people of Sinait. It is believed that the crate containing the precious items are from Japan, at that time 161...

ILOCOS SUR – The few remaining “pasyon” readers in this province are alarmed that the tradition they inherit from older generations would no longer be heard during Lenten season.  Vicky Lucero, 59 and Agapita Llanes, 80 are two of the few remaining “pasyon” readers in the province. They are tandem in performing the leccio (term use by locals instead of pasyon), Vicky is the first voice and Agapita is the second voice.  They both learned performing the “pasyon” during their younger years. Now, they fear that they will not be able to pass on to the younger generation the tradition that became part of their devotion as well as too many Ilokano listeners.  “Sana may matuto na din talaga at seryosohin dahil matatanda na kame, ako ay 80 years old na, mahirap lalo’t hindi naman natin alam kung ano ang mangyayari sa buhay. Gusto ko din sana na bago man lang ako mawala may papalit na din sa akin para sa mga susunod na taon na kahit maging moderno naroro...

PAGSAPULAN RANIAG TI MASAKBAYAN Project Marketing:   Pagsapulan Raniag ti Masakbayan is a project of the City Government of Vigan that was conceptualized to minimize the number of families affected by poverty through education and livelihood assistance.                               Photo by Mayor's Office: City Officials awards a food cart to selected beneficiaries. The project started in 2011 as a contribution of the City to poverty alleviation and to uphold the rights and welfare of the poorest family in the 39 barangays.  The project started with the identification of the beneficiaries through the conduct of research and interview. A composite team from the City Social Welfare and Development Office, Barangay Council, TVi9an and the Local Verification Committee study a list of the identified poorest family in...

Photo Courtesy: yahoo.com The kid in me always reminds me how my fascination started to “happy” and “colorful” visitors who often I see during Christmas season.   I described them as “happy” because they always wear a smile while playing an instrument, and “colorful” because of their costumes. I remember asking my mother who are they and answer me once “bisita tayo isuda nga Igorot nga umay maki-paskua”. Since then the term “Igorot” raises curiosity in me. When I was in my grade school I remember a discussion telling that the Igorot are the people of the Cordillera, back then I was not even familiar to Cordillera. The simplest explanation my teacher told me then is Baguio City is Cordillera.  My learning about Igorot became more understandable during my first year in high school. At this time I learned that term Igorot is an old Tagalog which means “people from the mountains” and was later used to generally refer to all mountain tribes from the Cordilleras. ...